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8th Grade English Exam Semester 1 Part 1
Test Description: First semester exam review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Choose the sentence is correctly using commas.
A
Have Joe Matt and Christopher read the book yet?
B
Have Joe, Matt, and Christopher read the book, yet?
C
Have Joe, Matt and Christopher read the book, yet?
D
Have Joe, Matt, and Christopher read the book yet?
2) Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
A
The tree fell in our driveway which caused us to be late to school.
B
The tree fell in our driveway, which caused us to be late to school.
C
The storm that caused the power outage, was the worst one all year.
D
The storm that caused the power outage was the worst, one, all year.
3) What part of speech shows action?
A
interjection
B
adverb
C
preposition
D
verb
4) What shows how the words are directed to the noun or pronoun to other objects?
A
pronoun
B
adjective
C
preposition
D
conjunction
5) What word joins phrase, words, or sentences?
A
adjective
B
preposition
C
conjunction
D
interjection
6) What is NOT true for linking verbs?
A
They ask the questions what and when.
B
They don't express action.
C
Replace the word with equal.
D
Taste, feel, smell, sound, look, appear, became, seem, grow, remain, and stay are, also, action verbs.
7) True or False: Use commas to separate two or more coordinate adjectives preceding a noun.
A
True
B
I have no idea.
C
False
D
What are commas?
8) Use a comma to separate dates and addresses within sentences.
A
True
B
False
C
no clue
D
comma what?
9) Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
A
Before eating, Grandpa, always blesses the food.
B
Before eating, Grandpa always blesses the food.
C
Before, eating Grandpa, always blesses the food.
D
Before eating Grandpa, always blesses the food.
10) What is the prepositional phrases in the following sentence. Before you leave, please turn off the lights.
A
There isn't a prepositional phrase in the sentence.
B
Before you leave
C
the lights off
D
Please turn
11) Which word is the object of the preposition in the following sentence. The students worked on their poetry project.
A
worked
B
students
C
poetry
D
project
12) Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence. That could not be the answer to this question.
A
could answer
B
Could not
C
That could
D
could be
13) What is the verb phrase in the following sentence. The papers were submitted last week for grading.
A
Burma is completely void of any gospel influence.
B
The magician's assistance appeared out of nowhere.
C
This shade of yellow appears to be different than that shade.
D
None of the sentences contain a linking verb.
14) Which sentence below is an example using a linking verb?
A
were submitted
B
the papers
C
for grading
D
last week
15) What are two interrupters of helping verb phrases?
A
what/when
B
could/be
C
you/not
D
here/now
16) What is considered to be an indirect subject?
A
pronoun
B
adjective
C
noun
D
adverb
17) What modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb?
A
preposition
B
adjective
C
adverb
D
pronoun
18) What is the difference between transitive action verb and an intransitive action verb?
A
One has a receiver and the other doesn't.
B
One tells when and where, whereas, the other tells how and how often.
C
One uses helping verbs and the other doesn't.
D
One joins a phrase and the other joins words.
19) Choose the sentence that is grammatically incorrect.
A
The advice you gave me Mrs. Smith, was so helpful; thank you!
B
The bright, shiny truck was the young boy's favorite Christmas present.
C
We ran for three miles, and then we lifted weights before going home.
D
Dogs, sometimes considered man's best friend, are very loyal pets.
20) Which word in the following sentence is an adverb? The father's voice came to him again, first reading the letter the principal had sent to the house, then lecturing endlessly about his poor efforts in math.
A
poor
B
letter
C
came
D
endlessly
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